Ravi Narasimhan wrote:

>I'm watching Monsaingeon's film on Richter for the third time and wondering
>about Richter's final comment, "I do not like myself." There is a review of
>this work at:
>
>http://www.towerofbabel.com/sections/film/cinemastardust/richter1.htm
>
>in which the author says that the comment was taken out of context and also
>has a different meaning in the Russian.  I'm very interested in knowing
>what got lost in the translation.

>From what I have heard from someone I trust, Richter was asked about a
certain performance.  His answer was in response to that.  He did not like
himself in -that- performance.  However, in using this statement out of
context, the filmmaker felt he was getting at a deeper truth.  I have no
idea if that is so, but I do remember that Richter was known for some mood
swings and I suppose there were moods during which he might have felt that
way.

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